WEBVTT - The Case of Emma Woods, Pt. 3

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<v Speaker 2>This episode includes discussion of violence and sexual abuse that

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<v Speaker 2>while they almost definitely did not actually happen, maybe disturbing

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<v Speaker 2>to some listeners.

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<v Speaker 3>Surface readings register of but minimum requirements Tomorrow go below

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<v Speaker 3>and bring up the Young Gargon specimen.

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<v Speaker 4>Now the decision depends on its reactions.

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<v Speaker 2>Wait, Captain, I have found evidence of intelligent beings on

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<v Speaker 2>this planet.

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<v Speaker 5>Of what concerned our foreign being?

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<v Speaker 2>Of none to you, thor, just as you were so

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<v Speaker 2>unconcerned when you destroyed the small creature so bravely.

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<v Speaker 3>It was no more than an insects, but it had life,

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<v Speaker 3>and that life you had to take satisfy your endless

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<v Speaker 3>hunger for killing China.

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<v Speaker 6>Both of you.

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<v Speaker 7>Proceed, bring the gargain that will not be necessary. Captain.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm Toby Ball and this is Strange Arrivals. Episode eight,

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<v Speaker 2>The Case of Emma Woods, Part three. In the past

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<v Speaker 2>two episodes, we looked at the experiences of a woman

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<v Speaker 2>going by the pseudonym Emma Woods, who worked with UFO

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<v Speaker 2>researcher David Jacobs to uncover memories of what he believed

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<v Speaker 2>to be alien abductions, violent alien abductions. We saw how

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<v Speaker 2>Jacobs allegedly used hypnotic regression in a manner that was

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<v Speaker 2>both scientifically and ethically unsound. He also seemed to create

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<v Speaker 2>a drama in the quote unquote real world, a drama

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<v Speaker 2>that involved Emma, two other research subjects, Elizabeth and Brian,

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<v Speaker 2>and hostile human alien hybrids. These hybrids apparently did not

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<v Speaker 2>want Jacobs to continue with his research and threatened him

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<v Speaker 2>with harm if he did. In an attempt to convince

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<v Speaker 2>these hybrids that he wasn't researching abductions, he hypnotically implanted

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<v Speaker 2>a suggestion to Emma that she had multiple personality disorder

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<v Speaker 2>and that was what he was researching. The idea was

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<v Speaker 2>that the hybrids would read Emma's mind, find that information,

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<v Speaker 2>and be thrown off track. Jacobs even came up with

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<v Speaker 2>aliases for himself that he wanted Emma to use when

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<v Speaker 2>she contacted him, aliases like Aloha Norton, I'm not kidding

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<v Speaker 2>researcher and writer Jack Brewer.

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<v Speaker 4>His premise was, you need to call me another name

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<v Speaker 4>and write in code to me, because when the hybrids

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<v Speaker 4>use their mind control on you. I want the hybrids

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<v Speaker 4>to think that Aloha Norton is an expert in multiple

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<v Speaker 4>personality disorder and that I am studying you because I

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<v Speaker 4>have diagnosed you with multiple personality disorder.

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<v Speaker 2>It is frankly a weird, weird scenario and it doesn't

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<v Speaker 2>even have an internal logic. You see, at this time,

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<v Speaker 2>Jacobs was very public about his abduction research.

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<v Speaker 4>Emma pointed out to him, this doesn't even make sense.

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<v Speaker 4>For instance, you publish books about studying this, and you're

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<v Speaker 4>on the lecture circuit talking about hybrids all the time.

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<v Speaker 2>So what was going on here? Did Jacobs really believe

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<v Speaker 2>that hybrids were here on Earth and that they wanted

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<v Speaker 2>to use violence to stop his research or was there

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<v Speaker 2>some other reason for Jacobs to concoct this odd drama.

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<v Speaker 2>Emma Woods thinks it may simply have been a matter

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<v Speaker 2>of creating material for his next book.

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<v Speaker 3>It may have been just a big exciting drama for

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<v Speaker 3>his book. He had told me that he was going

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<v Speaker 3>to write a book and it was going to feature Elizabeth,

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<v Speaker 3>Brian Reid's mother who uses the pseudonym Alison, and me

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<v Speaker 3>and the three of us. He had done a huge

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<v Speaker 3>amount of hypnosis sessions with I think he did something

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<v Speaker 3>like possibly forty five hypnosis sessions with Alison. He did

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<v Speaker 3>thirty seven with me, and he did well over one

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<v Speaker 3>hundred with Elizabeth. He very much wanted my hypnosis to

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<v Speaker 3>dovetail with elizabeths and he wanted me to be in

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<v Speaker 3>contact with her, and I initially refused because I was

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<v Speaker 3>worried that if I was in contact with her, it

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<v Speaker 3>would affect my hypnosis.

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<v Speaker 2>At this point, Emma didn't know that her hypnotic regressions

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<v Speaker 2>were already being compromised. Jacobs was constantly introducing narratives to

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<v Speaker 2>her while she was under hypnosis.

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<v Speaker 3>I didn't want her to know my identity, but eventually

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<v Speaker 3>I realized that he'd already told her my identity, and

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<v Speaker 3>then I just gave into the pressure.

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<v Speaker 2>This is not ethical research behavior. Jacobs should not have

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<v Speaker 2>been sharing subjects identities with each other, particularly if a

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<v Speaker 2>subject had specifically said that she didn't want her identity shared,

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<v Speaker 2>but he did so anyway. Elizabeth claimed that hybrids were

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<v Speaker 2>controlling her body and sending threatening text messages to Jacobs

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<v Speaker 2>from her computer.

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<v Speaker 3>When Elizabeth started having hybrid instant messaging, Jacobs told me

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<v Speaker 3>that he was going on the run from the hybrids

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<v Speaker 3>because they were after him, and basically he just went

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<v Speaker 3>on holiday to Cape Cod, which he did every year

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<v Speaker 3>in August.

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<v Speaker 2>So Jacobs decided to go on the run from the

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<v Speaker 2>hostile hybrids. He chose to hide out in Cape Cod,

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<v Speaker 2>where he normally vacationed. Anyway, if you were really trying

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<v Speaker 2>to hide, would you go to your annual vacation spot

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<v Speaker 2>or did he use his vacation as a way to

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<v Speaker 2>heighten the drama that he created. Regardless, Emma was becoming

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<v Speaker 2>skeptical of Elizabeth's claims that hybrids were coming to her

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<v Speaker 2>house and texting Jacobs from her computer, she suggested that

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<v Speaker 2>Jacobs take a very basic step to confirm that what

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<v Speaker 2>Elizabeth was telling him was true.

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<v Speaker 3>I said to him at that point, well, maybe you

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<v Speaker 3>should ask Elizabeth to set up a webcam to make

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<v Speaker 3>sure that this is real, because it was so far

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<v Speaker 3>out that I started to have doubts about Elizabeth. And

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<v Speaker 3>then I felt guilty about that because of you know,

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<v Speaker 3>she'd been sort of nice to me that I started

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<v Speaker 3>tipped out about who. And then he kind of said, well,

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<v Speaker 3>I can't ask her to do that, And then he

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<v Speaker 3>did ask her and she had all these excuses for

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<v Speaker 3>why she couldn't do.

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<v Speaker 4>It again Jack Brewer, for reasons that only Elizabeth and

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<v Speaker 4>her creator might know. She never agreed to do that again.

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<v Speaker 4>I think a more skeptical mindset would have a pretty

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<v Speaker 4>good idea why that might be.

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<v Speaker 2>Elizabeth is an interesting player in this drama. She was

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<v Speaker 2>presumably undergoing a similar hypnotic regression experience with Jacob's as

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<v Speaker 2>Emma was. But then there's this strange twist in the

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<v Speaker 2>tail where she's actively originating emails that are supposedly being

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<v Speaker 2>composed by hybrids.

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<v Speaker 6>The what's interesting about this Elizabeth character is back when

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<v Speaker 6>Jeff and I were doing Katopia, we were reaching out

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<v Speaker 6>to everyone.

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<v Speaker 2>This is researcher, writer, and podcaster Jeremy Vaney, who, along

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<v Speaker 2>with his podcast partner the late Jeff Ritzman, were among

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<v Speaker 2>the first to cover this story on their Peratopia podcast.

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<v Speaker 6>We reached out to Elizabeth and she actually indicated that

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<v Speaker 6>she wasn't really thrilled with what was going on. She

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<v Speaker 6>didn't necessarily even believe it herself, but she didn't want

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<v Speaker 6>to speak publicly because she didn't want any repercussions from Jacobs.

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<v Speaker 6>I got the idea essentially doing what he ended up

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<v Speaker 6>doing with Emma Woods, which I guess could hurt her

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<v Speaker 6>career somehow or her family maybe you know, that type

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<v Speaker 6>of thing. So she just didn't want that put on her.

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<v Speaker 6>So I don't know how true that is, because I mean,

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<v Speaker 6>if she's the one who's doing the texts to date

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<v Speaker 6>schif gods, then presumably she's in on the lie.

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<v Speaker 3>So I started to realize that there was something really

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<v Speaker 3>wrong with Elizabeth story because of the hybrid I am,

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<v Speaker 3>and the threats and Jacob's being on the run, and

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<v Speaker 3>it just it was so ridiculous that started to break through.

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<v Speaker 3>But I still thought that he believed it. At that point.

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<v Speaker 3>I was also still having hypnosis and remembering a lot

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<v Speaker 3>of similar things, so I wasn't fully breaking out of it,

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<v Speaker 3>and I wasn't fully understanding it, but I was at

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<v Speaker 3>that point realizing that things were not okay.

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<v Speaker 2>In other words, despite doing hypnosis sessions where Jacobs was

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<v Speaker 2>reinforcing the real world drama involving Elizabeth, malicious hybrids and

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<v Speaker 2>threats against Jacobs, things had finally become so outlandish that

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<v Speaker 2>Emma began to doubt the narrative. Don't underestimate how difficult

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<v Speaker 2>this is to do. Once you have committed to a worldview,

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<v Speaker 2>it can be very hard to make peace with the

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<v Speaker 2>idea that you might be wrong with the hypnotic reinforcement added,

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<v Speaker 2>Emma showed great resilience to move away from Jacobs and Elizabeth.

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<v Speaker 3>He also wanted me to set up instant messengers so

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<v Speaker 3>that we could have three way instant messaging, and this

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<v Speaker 3>is after the hybrid instant messaging, and I think he

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<v Speaker 3>wanted me to be involved with that, and I just refused.

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<v Speaker 3>I just felt that there was even at that stage

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<v Speaker 3>when I was still being very intensively hypnotized and I

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<v Speaker 3>still wasn't really understanding, I could feel that I just

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<v Speaker 3>mustn't do that. I was starting to realize that things

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<v Speaker 3>were going really wrong. So I think possibly it was

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<v Speaker 3>just literally for his book. I think he also got

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<v Speaker 3>a lot of personal gratification from the sort of sexual

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<v Speaker 3>and violent aspects of it, so it may have been

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<v Speaker 3>my personal gratification as well. And other than that, I

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<v Speaker 3>don't know what his agenda would have been, but I

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<v Speaker 3>don't think he believed it. It took probably about eight months.

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<v Speaker 3>I think I went through this process of starting to

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<v Speaker 3>realize that this was not.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay again, Jeremy Vaney.

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<v Speaker 6>Something about her hybrids, going after David and going after Emma.

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<v Speaker 6>It just became too much. It became too much of

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<v Speaker 6>la an International Hybrid Spy and intrigue novella for her,

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<v Speaker 6>I think, and she just wanted out.

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<v Speaker 3>And then I eventually ended my association with him, and

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<v Speaker 3>he wanted to stay in contact with me, and he

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<v Speaker 3>was just sending me email saying, why aren't you talking

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<v Speaker 3>to me? I want, you know, Laudi blah. But I

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<v Speaker 3>felt like I had to kind of disengage from him

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<v Speaker 3>because I was a complete mess by the time I

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<v Speaker 3>ended it. I was in a really bad state and

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<v Speaker 3>it took me about three months to recover from the hypnosis.

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<v Speaker 3>And I think he didn't want to let me go.

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<v Speaker 2>This was in two thousand and seven, and while this

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<v Speaker 2>was the end of her sessions with David Jacobs, it

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<v Speaker 2>was not the end of the story. After the break,

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<v Speaker 2>strange arrivals will return in a moment. In two thousand

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<v Speaker 2>and seven, Emma Woods ended her work with David Jacobs.

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<v Speaker 2>He did not want her to discontinue the sessions, but

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<v Speaker 2>that was not all. He also didn't want the story

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<v Speaker 2>of his research efforts with her to become public. In

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<v Speaker 2>two thousand and nine, Emma began listening to the recordings

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<v Speaker 2>of the hypnosis sessions that Jacobs had sent her. The

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<v Speaker 2>session about multiple personality disorder was the final straw.

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<v Speaker 3>I listened to my hypnosis sessions and I heard the

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<v Speaker 3>MPD suggestions, and that shot me absolutely to the call,

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<v Speaker 3>and I decided I was going to make it known.

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<v Speaker 3>I sent an email with that audio cliff attached to

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<v Speaker 3>just about everybody I could find in the UFO field,

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<v Speaker 3>all the organizations, all the main known researchers, and that

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<v Speaker 3>made it public.

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<v Speaker 2>Finally, in January of twenty ten, an experiencer named Kim

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<v Speaker 2>Carlsberg published the first story about Emma's experience on her

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<v Speaker 2>blog out There Zone. Later that month, she published a

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<v Speaker 2>follow up post claiming she had heard through an intermediary

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<v Speaker 2>that Jacobs would sue anyone disclosing his work with Emma.

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<v Speaker 2>Kim altered some of her blog entries as a result

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<v Speaker 2>of this warning. She went on in the same post

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<v Speaker 2>to write, if anything happens to me as far as

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<v Speaker 2>my physical or mental well being or my reputation in

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<v Speaker 2>the near future, please investigate who knows whether her fears

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<v Speaker 2>were realistic, but it does indicate the paranoia that was

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<v Speaker 2>swirling around the world of alien abductions and ufology at

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<v Speaker 2>the time. Vaney and Richman picked up the story from

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<v Speaker 2>Carlsberg's blog and saw firsthand Jacob's efforts at obstruction. In February,

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<v Speaker 2>doctor Scott Lillienfeld, a psychology professor at Emory University, appeared

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<v Speaker 2>on the Paratope podcast to discuss hypnosis and its use

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<v Speaker 2>or misuse in UFO research. The Woods case, just recently

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<v Speaker 2>made public was a natural topic. Jacobs wanted to warn

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<v Speaker 2>Lillian Feld off, but in a bit of sitcom timing,

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<v Speaker 2>contacted Lilianfeld at the very moment he was being interviewed

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<v Speaker 2>on the podcast.

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<v Speaker 6>And we were actually running by one of the hypnosis

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<v Speaker 6>tapes by him that Jacobs had done with Emma Woods

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<v Speaker 6>and saying is this credible or what do you make

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<v Speaker 6>of this? And he actually told us during the interview

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<v Speaker 6>that Jacobs had found out we were interviewing him and

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<v Speaker 6>contacted him and said, hey, don't do the show. You

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<v Speaker 6>don't know all of what's going on, blah blah, you

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<v Speaker 6>know that sort of thing.

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<v Speaker 2>Vaney was undeterred. Later in twenty ten, UFO magazine published

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<v Speaker 2>his article Aliens Versus Predator The Incredible Visitations at Emma Woods,

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<v Speaker 2>which laid out in detail Emma's experience with Jacobs. Here too,

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<v Speaker 2>Jacob's tried to intervene, contacting publisher William Burns.

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<v Speaker 6>Jacobs actually called Burns. I think he played me the

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<v Speaker 6>answering machine tape message from Jacobs, who is irate? Who

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<v Speaker 6>is threatening to SNeW And Bill Burns actually told me

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<v Speaker 6>he had a conversation with him where he said to him,

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<v Speaker 6>you know, David, what are you gonna do. You're gonna

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<v Speaker 6>walk into a court of law and you're gonna say

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<v Speaker 6>all of this is true. You know, tell the judge

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<v Speaker 6>about these alien hybrids, and you're gonna somehow say that

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<v Speaker 6>you're being defined. How do you think that's gonna go?

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<v Speaker 6>So naturally he didn't do that, but it just it

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<v Speaker 6>makes you wonder, like is this guy even smart? Like

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<v Speaker 6>is he delusional?

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<v Speaker 2>I wanted to interview David Jacobs for the podcast to

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<v Speaker 2>get his take on his work with Emma Woods, but

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<v Speaker 2>my attempts to reach him when unanswered. He did, however,

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<v Speaker 2>create a web page with the rebuttal to the charges

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<v Speaker 2>made by Emma and others about his conduct. It was

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<v Speaker 2>titled Emma Woods The Real Story, but was taken down

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<v Speaker 2>a few months before this episode was published and hasn't

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<v Speaker 2>as yet been restored. It touched on a number of

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<v Speaker 2>aspects of his relationship and work with Emma. I was

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<v Speaker 2>concerned that using short clips provided by Emma of what

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<v Speaker 2>were much longer hypnosis sessions might not be fair to Jacobs.

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<v Speaker 2>Were there contexts that would make these brief moments more acceptable?

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<v Speaker 2>As I read his rebuttal, though, I quickly realized that

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<v Speaker 2>context was not the issue. The text on the website began.

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<v Speaker 5>Since two thousand and seven, Emma Woods, a pseudonym, has

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<v Speaker 5>made unfounded public accusations against me for the past nine years.

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<v Speaker 5>She has accused me of incompetence and negligence, criminally threatening

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<v Speaker 5>her family, intentionally imposing emotional distress and abuse upon her

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<v Speaker 5>in sexual perversion. These false charges are reflective of a

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<v Speaker 5>very disturbed person. After reviewing our communications, I have come

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<v Speaker 5>to realize that I did my very best for her

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<v Speaker 5>as far as I could, and it is clear that

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<v Speaker 5>I was much too kind to her and I should

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<v Speaker 5>have stopped working with her much earlier. This was a

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<v Speaker 5>major mistake.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not going to go through this document point by point.

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<v Speaker 2>I do want to touch on some parts of it, though,

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<v Speaker 2>and I think one of the things that I find

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<v Speaker 2>most telling about it is that his explanations exist in

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<v Speaker 2>the strange world that he co created with Emma and

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<v Speaker 2>other hypnosis subjects. It is the world of mass kidnappings,

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<v Speaker 2>sexual violence committed by aliens and hybrids, and a master

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<v Speaker 2>plan of colonization. I guess he really had no choice

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<v Speaker 2>but to stick with the overall narrative, but Bill Burns

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<v Speaker 2>was right that it is hard to take it seriously

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<v Speaker 2>as an explanation for real world acts.

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<v Speaker 5>Emma's intense isolation gave her abductors an unusual amount of

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<v Speaker 5>free reign over her life, as they were not constrained

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<v Speaker 5>by time or circumstance. Emma was alone nearly all of

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<v Speaker 5>the time. Thus her abductions were extremely frequent and at

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<v Speaker 5>all hours of the day and night. Between September twenty seventh,

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<v Speaker 5>two thousand and five and December ninth, two thousand and six,

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<v Speaker 5>violence against her and threats against me increased. Security for

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<v Speaker 5>the abduction phenomenon increases enormously when abductees help hybrids who

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<v Speaker 5>might or might not be living here. By June two

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<v Speaker 5>thousand and six, her abductors were seriously attempting to stop

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<v Speaker 5>her from talking with me, rather than simply telling her

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<v Speaker 5>not to deal with me, which they did many times.

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<v Speaker 5>They also engaged in increasingly physical and sexual violent behavior

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<v Speaker 5>against her when she continued to disobey.

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<v Speaker 2>He tried to explain some of his more notorious practices,

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<v Speaker 2>again within the narrative of a hostile alien and hybrid incursion.

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<v Speaker 2>He mentions a Betsy here, who's presumably another of his subjects.

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<v Speaker 5>The multiple personality disorder RUSE came up when I had

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<v Speaker 5>used a version of this for Betsy some months before

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<v Speaker 5>under an assumed name. I emailed her saying that I

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<v Speaker 5>was a multiple personality disorder researcher and she probably had

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<v Speaker 5>this condition. She left the message on her computer screen

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<v Speaker 5>in her head hybrids looked at it. When Emma's hybrids

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<v Speaker 5>were torturing her and threatening me, I decided to change direction.

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<v Speaker 5>I would once again become a quote multiple personality disorder

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<v Speaker 5>researcher unquote, and expressed to her that this was the

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<v Speaker 5>condition that allowed her to think that she was being abducted.

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<v Speaker 5>When I brought up the MPD diagnosis. We both laughed

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<v Speaker 5>throughout the discussion. I had hoped that my fictional MPD

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<v Speaker 5>diagnosis would cause the hybrids to reevaluate me as a

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<v Speaker 5>harmless person who did not believe them as testimony.

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<v Speaker 2>Here's a clip from the MPD diagnosis session.

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<v Speaker 3>Damn.

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<v Speaker 7>My opinion is that yours is a classic case and

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<v Speaker 7>that the only thing that will help you medication yours stories.

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<v Speaker 7>I'm only interested in the fact that those stories, because

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<v Speaker 7>multiple personalities are all different. As you know that in

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<v Speaker 7>multiple personality disorder comes out. I think that we've been

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<v Speaker 7>dealing with the four personalities here, or as he is,

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<v Speaker 7>in fact Muscile personality disorder.

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<v Speaker 2>The tape is a little difficult to understand, but he

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<v Speaker 2>is saying that he is only interested in her stories

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<v Speaker 2>because she has multiple personality disorder, and that he thinks

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<v Speaker 2>they are dealing with three or four separate personalities. But

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<v Speaker 2>the important thing is tone. Does it seem as though

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<v Speaker 2>this is a laughter filled conversation. Jacobs also tries to

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<v Speaker 2>make the request for Emma's unwatched panties seem more palatable.

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<v Speaker 2>He claims they had talked several times about the benefits

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<v Speaker 2>of getting some type of seamen sample after a sexual

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<v Speaker 2>assault so that the DNA could be analyzed. The chastity

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<v Speaker 2>belt episode is also brushed off. Is merely an idea

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<v Speaker 2>that had worked with another client and that he had

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<v Speaker 2>suggested once and then dropped when it wasn't followed up on.

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<v Speaker 2>And then there's this extraordinary passage about the increased hostility

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<v Speaker 2>towards abductees cooperating with Jacob's.

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<v Speaker 5>As Emma's hybrids were making progress with her to get

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<v Speaker 5>to me, they had also become extraordinarily violent.

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<v Speaker 2>Over his previous years of work, Jacob's claimed aliens and

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<v Speaker 2>hybrids had simply reprimanded abductees for their involvement with his research.

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<v Speaker 5>But once the alien hybrid program transitioned to a new

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<v Speaker 5>phase of assimilation on Earth, the very human looking hybrids

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<v Speaker 5>whom I term hubrids, became even more wary and paranoid

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<v Speaker 5>of my involvement. Their security measures increased enormously, often especially

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<v Speaker 5>designated security hybrid now accompanying aductees and hubrids on many

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<v Speaker 5>abduction events. His job was simple to protect the hubrids

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<v Speaker 5>and to make sure that the abductees remained completely silent

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<v Speaker 5>about their experiences. This was the case with Emma.

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<v Speaker 2>He writes the following about his decision to no longer

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<v Speaker 2>work with Emma.

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<v Speaker 5>I received an email from Betsy's hybrid's warning me about

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<v Speaker 5>Emma's people and seeing that Emma's hybrids were very aggressive,

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<v Speaker 5>more aggressive than his. This was disturbing to me. It

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<v Speaker 5>provided me with the final impetus to break off from Emma.

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<v Speaker 5>I told them that I would no longer do hypnosis

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<v Speaker 5>with her. Events were out of my control. I was

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<v Speaker 5>bowing out and I could not work with her anymore.

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<v Speaker 2>So Emma's hybrids were too violent and scared Jacob's off,

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<v Speaker 2>leaving Emma, presumably to face them alone. So is he

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<v Speaker 2>delusional or does he feel that he has the standing

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<v Speaker 2>to put forward a narrative like this and have people

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<v Speaker 2>believe him?

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<v Speaker 4>Jack Brewer, one of the recordings that she published, indicated

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<v Speaker 4>that when she confronted him with this, that Jacob's threatened

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<v Speaker 4>her that if it came down to public credibility between

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<v Speaker 4>the two of them, that he would win and he

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<v Speaker 4>would be believed about what had been taking place over

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<v Speaker 4>her in a nutshell. She was the wrong person to

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<v Speaker 4>threaten to keep quiet, She obviously did not. Many people

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<v Speaker 4>continued to support David Jacobs, as he had predicted a

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<v Speaker 4>battle of reputations would favor him, and that was true

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<v Speaker 4>to a certain extent. Richard Dolan was among those that

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<v Speaker 4>tried to argue there were extenuating circumstances for Jacobs's behavior.

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<v Speaker 2>Richard Dolan is a prominent pro UFO author.

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<v Speaker 4>However, he never produced these extenuating circumstances or back that up,

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<v Speaker 4>and it seemed to me there was a collective effort

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<v Speaker 4>that Dolan was part of from the UFO community to

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<v Speaker 4>not want to change streams, like we've built a lot

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<v Speaker 4>on Bud Hopkins and David Jacobs and we're just not

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<v Speaker 4>willing to change our mind about it.

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<v Speaker 2>Jeremy Vaney's efforts at exposing Jacob's misconduct with Emma also

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<v Speaker 2>met with hostility from the world of ufology. Remember, Vany

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<v Speaker 2>is not a professional skeptic. He, in fact, is an

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<v Speaker 2>experiencer who simply wants UFO research to be held to

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<v Speaker 2>a standard.

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<v Speaker 6>So we're in We're the in crowd. We're not like

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<v Speaker 6>some debunkers from outside of upology. This is actually happening

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<v Speaker 6>to us. But if this aspect of it were real,

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<v Speaker 6>we'd be all over it. Telling you that this that

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<v Speaker 6>we believe, this aspect of it is real, But no,

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<v Speaker 6>it goes the other way. In fact, we see what

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<v Speaker 6>looked to me to be potential crimes, if not crimes,

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<v Speaker 6>certainly unethical behavior. And to expose that got us nothing

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<v Speaker 6>but black lilisted from all of his cronies, all of

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<v Speaker 6>his people in this cottage industry, which you can speak

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<v Speaker 6>out about UFOs and things like that, like you can

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<v Speaker 6>dissect certain cases, but you're not allowed to sort of

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<v Speaker 6>speak truths to power about euthology itself. You're not allowed

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<v Speaker 6>to call into question all of you follow she itself.

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<v Speaker 6>That's a no no. And so to do that again

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<v Speaker 6>is to be blacklisted. You know, you're not going to

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<v Speaker 6>get speaking engagements. These people certainly are going to come

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<v Speaker 6>on your show anytime soon, and they're just going to

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<v Speaker 6>trash you every chance they get. They have no problem

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<v Speaker 6>with that, They have no problem with the misogyny of

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<v Speaker 6>all of this.

0:25:24.080 --> 0:25:27.880
<v Speaker 2>Emma herself was vilified for telling her story. She mentions

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<v Speaker 2>a Carol here, who is Carol Rainey who you heard

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<v Speaker 2>from a couple of episodes ago and in season one

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<v Speaker 2>she is Bud Hopkins' ex wife and former research partner.

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<v Speaker 3>And then there was a bit of a controversy because

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<v Speaker 3>most people attacked me, and also Carol Rainey, who also

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<v Speaker 3>came out and said what she had observed about bad

0:25:47.680 --> 0:25:52.840
<v Speaker 3>Hopkins's research. And we were just quite savagely aspected that

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<v Speaker 3>there were some people of the UFO field it realized

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<v Speaker 3>just how bad it was, and then there was a

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<v Speaker 3>kind of a controversy between basically two opposing camps. In

0:26:05.240 --> 0:26:08.520
<v Speaker 3>the end, people they thought that Hopkins and Jacobs were perfect,

0:26:08.760 --> 0:26:12.320
<v Speaker 3>and that Caroline and I were these awful people, you know,

0:26:12.480 --> 0:26:14.800
<v Speaker 3>for some reason, trying to tear them down, and then

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<v Speaker 3>other people who realized that what was going on with

0:26:17.480 --> 0:26:21.280
<v Speaker 3>Jacobs's research and Hopkins's research was just not okay. There's

0:26:21.320 --> 0:26:24.800
<v Speaker 3>still a lot of support for Jacob's and Hopkins in

0:26:25.280 --> 0:26:26.200
<v Speaker 3>the UFO field.

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<v Speaker 2>One final point in this saga is the role that

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<v Speaker 2>David Jacob's academic institution did or didn't play in overseeing

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<v Speaker 2>his research. There are strong regulations on how research can

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<v Speaker 2>be conducted, especially what is called human subjects research. Academic

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<v Speaker 2>and other institutions that engage in research involving human subjects

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<v Speaker 2>have an institutional review board that evaluates research proposals to

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<v Speaker 2>see if they are compatible with human subjects regulations. David

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<v Speaker 2>Jacobs was employed by Temple University, which which has an

0:27:00.480 --> 0:27:03.320
<v Speaker 2>institutional review board that you think would have had some

0:27:03.480 --> 0:27:07.000
<v Speaker 2>questions about Jacob's research, but that turned out not to

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<v Speaker 2>be the case. Soon after discovering the multiple personality disorder tape,

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<v Speaker 2>Emma filed a complaint with Temple University.

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<v Speaker 3>A few months later, I filed a complaint with Temple University,

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<v Speaker 3>and they initially said they were going to investigate it,

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<v Speaker 3>and then I didn't hear from them. They never asked

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<v Speaker 3>to speak to me, they never asked for any of

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<v Speaker 3>my evidence. And then I got this little letter saying

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<v Speaker 3>that he wasn't writing a book, and they just ignored

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<v Speaker 3>all that, the entire substance of my complaint, and I

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<v Speaker 3>kind of realized at that point that, in my opinion,

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<v Speaker 3>they were just covering it up. A few months later,

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<v Speaker 3>the following year, I then filed a complaint with the

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<v Speaker 3>Office of Human Research Protections, who oversee Temples research to

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<v Speaker 3>make sure that they're abiding by human subject protections. And

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<v Speaker 3>then Temple then apparently made a case to them that

0:28:04.240 --> 0:28:07.760
<v Speaker 3>Jacobs was not actually conducting research. He was just collecting

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<v Speaker 3>oral history, and I think they did that because oral

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<v Speaker 3>history is exempt from OHRP oversight.

0:28:16.560 --> 0:28:20.120
<v Speaker 2>Jacob's positioned his work with Emma and other abductees as

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<v Speaker 2>collecting oral histories. Oral history projects documenting a person's history

0:28:25.600 --> 0:28:28.679
<v Speaker 2>or getting their general reflections on the past, is not

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<v Speaker 2>considered human subjects research. But needless to say, oral history

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<v Speaker 2>projects don't entail planting hypnotic suggestions or even hypnotizing subjects

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<v Speaker 2>in the first place.

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<v Speaker 3>But then they said they were still concerned about it

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<v Speaker 3>and they would ask Temple to investigate it voluntarily. And

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<v Speaker 3>then Temple then came back and said they couldn't investigate

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<v Speaker 3>it because he wasn't doing research. Temple did nothing. They

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<v Speaker 3>just covered it up, and he went on having clients

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<v Speaker 3>and they knew what he was doing because they knew

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<v Speaker 3>about like and they still allowed him to have clients.

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<v Speaker 3>Knew that he was hypnotizing them.

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<v Speaker 2>So again, was Jacob's delusional. No one has probably thought

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<v Speaker 2>about this more than Emma Woods.

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<v Speaker 3>So I don't feel that he was trying to learn anything,

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<v Speaker 3>And looking back, I don't actually personally believe that he

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<v Speaker 3>believes any of it. I don't know what his agenda was.

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<v Speaker 3>It could be that he just wanted to write books,

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<v Speaker 3>or it was helping him in his course at Temple University.

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<v Speaker 3>But I actually now don't believe that he ever believed

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<v Speaker 3>any of it. It was such deliberate leading, and he's

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<v Speaker 3>very aware that leading causes false memories. I mean, he's

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<v Speaker 3>written about that, he's talked about that, and the leading

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<v Speaker 3>was so overt and so deliberate. He was making sure

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<v Speaker 3>that I remembered that under their gnosis.

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<v Speaker 2>In the end, after all that you went through with

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<v Speaker 2>Jacob's and the after math of her exposing his research practices,

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<v Speaker 2>she still lives with memories that he suggested to her

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<v Speaker 2>while she was under hypnosis, and.

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<v Speaker 3>I still remember them now. They're part of my experience

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<v Speaker 3>of my life. Even though I know most of it's

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<v Speaker 3>probably false, it still there still feels real.

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<v Speaker 2>So we have looked at what happens when researchers develop specific,

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<v Speaker 2>strongly held views about the existence of UFOs and the

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<v Speaker 2>meaning of interactions with UFOs and aliens. But what does

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<v Speaker 2>that mean for right now, as we are in the

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<v Speaker 2>midst of a resurgence of interest. To answer that question,

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<v Speaker 2>we have to travel back more than fifty years to

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<v Speaker 2>a place on the border of West Virginia and Ohio

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<v Speaker 2>next time on Strange Arrivals.

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